Scale LCA for Pharmaceuticals

LCAs for medicines, built to PAS 2090. Footprint every product, from API synthesis to patient use and disposal.

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Industry Challenges

Healthcare buyers increasingly expect product-level footprints, and pharma has its own sector standards to deliver them.

Thousands of products and variants

Different strengths, formulations, pack sizes and production sites make traditional product-by-product LCAs difficult to scale.

Complex chemistry, thin background data

Multi-step Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) syntheses use solvents and fine chemicals that generic databases barely cover. Filling those gaps credibly takes serious modelling effort.

Customers demand compliant data

Healthcare buyers increasingly require more granular carbon data. Pharma companies need to navigate different standards such as PAS 2090, ISO 14067, the GHG Protocol and emerging product-level NHS requirements.

How LiveCycle AI Solves This

Model complex API processes

Import synthesis steps, solvents, reagents, yields and recovery. LiveCycle maps available background data and transparently flags proxies and data gaps.

Scale one model across the portfolio

Reuse validated API, formulation and packaging models across strengths, dosage forms and pack sizes. Footprint hundreds or thousands of products without rebuilding or reverifying every LCA.

Meet global footprinting requirements

Apply consistent system boundaries, allocation and use-phase assumptions across your portfolio, aligned with PAS 2090, ISO 14040/44, ISO 14067 and the GHG Protocol.

Applicable Standards & Frameworks

Calculate and report across leading standards and frameworks

ISO 14040/44

International principles and requirements for conducting, reporting and reviewing life cycle assessments.

PAS 2090:2025

Pharma-specific product category rules for consistent life cycle assessment of pharmaceutical products.

NHS Net Zero Supplier Roadmap

NHS England supplier requirements progressing toward product-level carbon footprinting for healthcare products.

ISO 14067

International requirements for quantifying and reporting product carbon footprints based on LCA principles.

GHG Protocol Product Standard

Product-level GHG accounting framework for quantifying and reporting emissions across a product’s life cycle.

Integrated LCA Databases

Access environmental data from leading sources.

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What our customers say

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LiveCycle supported in the realization and certification of product LCAs for Kemin. Through a structured and transparent platform, it prepared strong foundations to scale up to dozens of LCAs by creating engagement across all Kemin’ business units, including its European supplier base. Finally, a big thank you to the team as they are going the extra mile in supporting Kemin and the GFLI association in preparing the sustainability future of the agri-food sector!

Sarah Mitchell

Head of Sustainability, Global Materials Corp

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about LCA for construction materials

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  • How long does it take to generate an EPD?

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